Yieldable blade safety razor



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United States Patent YIELDABLE BLADE SAFETY RAZOR William M. Mercer,Houston, Tex.

Application December 3, 1956, Serial No. 626,023

1 Claim. (Cl. 30-61) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a yieldable blade safety razor.

It is an object of this invention to provide a safety razor having meansfor yieldably holding a straight edge blade in position, employing ayieldable block between the plate and holder, and having a means foradjusting the block with relation to the blade.

It is another object of this invention to provide a yieldable means forholding a razor blade having a block of resilient material against whichthe blade abuts, which may be readily removed and replaced.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation tocertain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement ofparts more particularly defined in the following specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view and Figure 2 is a front elevationalview, in section, taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1designates a razor housing having a handle 2 and a hinged cover 3. Theupper portion of the housing 1 is shaped to form a chamber 11, in whicha block of resilient material 4; such as foam rubber or the like, may bemounted.

A plate 5 is loosely mounted in the chamber 11 and embraces the block 4.A threaded shaft 6 is fixedly mounted to the plate 5 and is providedwith external threads 7 at the upper end thereof, said upper endextending through the block 4 and through the port 9 in the housing 1,and a knurled nut 8 is screwed on to the threaded end of the shaft 6.

2,893,120 Patented July 7, 1959 In use, a blade, as 10, is mounted inthe housing 1 and the cover 3 closed, clamping the blade in place. Theupper end of the blade abuts against the plate 5, and when the razor isin use, the plate 5 may be lowered or raised to decrease or increase thedegree of resistance to the upward movement of the plate 10'.

While the foregoing is considered a preferred form of the invention, itis by way of illustration only, the broad principle of the inventionbeing defined by the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In a razor, a blade housing, the upper end of said housing having achamber, said chamber having a port extending through the upper end wallthereof, a vertically movable plate in said chamber having a projectionextending upwardly through said port, the upper end of said projectionbeing externally threaded and a nut on said threaded end of saidprojection bearing against the outer surface of said housing foradjusting the limitation of downward movement of said plate in saidchamber, a block of resilient material in said chamber between saidplate and the upper inside wall of said chamber, said block having aport therethrough in alignment with the port in said chamber and throughwhich the said projection extends permitting upward movement of saidplate upon application of sufiicient pressure by the blunt edge of arazor blade to be mounted in said housing to cause the resilientmaterial to yield and to permit the resilient material to return theblade to starting position upon release of pressure against said plate.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS904,861 Gallinek Nov. 24, 1908 1,350,034 Parker Aug. 17, 1920 1,548,471Kepka Aug. 4, 1925 1,735,388 Habib Nov. 12, 1929 2,311,913 Testi Feb.23, 1943 2,776,478 Mercer Jan. 8, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 190,390 GermanyOct. 29, 1907 291,427 Great Britain Aug. 16, 1928 530,102 Great BritainDec. 4, 1940

